Question

mr ramirez bought a watermelon that weighs 12 pounds for a picnic he cuts it into pieces that each weigh 1.5 pounds. how many pieces of water melon can mr ramiez cut?

Answer 1

What does it mean to have something be equal (Equivalent)?

Equivalence means to be same, whether it be value, temperature, size, etc.

Let's make an equation to solve this problem. We first would need to take the total (12 pounds) and divide that total by the amount each slice must weigh (1.5 pounds) to get an equal number of slices.

• 12 ÷ 1.5 = 8

To check our work, we can take number of slices (8), and multiply that by the weight of each slice (1.5 pounds) to get the original weight of the watermelon.

• 8 × 1.5 = 12

Now, we know for sure that Mr. Ramirez can make 8 watermelon slices each weighing 1.5 pounds if he has a 12-pound watermelon.